Cortez Harris was offered by Rutgers football this week, with the Scarlet Knights entering a recruitment that has attracted some of the top teams in college football. A 6-foot-3, 210-pound athlete, Harris is a defensive end from Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Maryland). He is a consensus four-star recruit. ESPN ranks him as the No. 197 player in the nation. Harris …

Former Cowboys offensive lineman Tony Hutson died earlier this month, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. He was 49. A golf-ball sized tumor was discovered behind Hutson’s right lung before the 1996 draft. The tumor, though, was benign, allowing Hutson to sign with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of Northeastern Oklahoma State, where he picked up NAIA All-America …

Chris Stewart started talking about this almost a half century ago. A young kid growing up in Fairfield, he used to talk about one day becoming the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide. He told several people that in fact. Fast forward to 2024, and he is. The Crimson Tide Sports Network announced Wednesday that Stewart will be the voice …

The Patriots will not have a Belichick calling the defensive plays this season. New defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington said Wednesday that he will take over the defensive play calling in 2024. “I do plan on calling plays,” he said, via Mark Daniels of the Boston Herald. Steve Belichick, Bill’s son, previously held that role for the Patriots, but he left …

Change is coming to the next iteration of the College Football Playoff. Get ready for more automatic qualifiers. In a nine-hour meeting on Wednesday in Dallas, CFP leaders explored new playoff models that included granting multiple automatic qualifiers to the four power conferences in a 14-team format — an expected move in the SEC and Big Ten’s push to have …

Feb 21, 2024, 11:27 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years. Playing his 54th game of the season, Matthews scored 5:01 into the game on a power play to give Toronto …

Hall of Famer Steve McMichael is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday, his publicist, Betsy Shepherd, told the Associated Press. The former Bears defensive lineman, who announced his ALS diagnosis three years ago, was admitted into intensive care at a Chicago-area hospital last Thursday. He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. McMichael, 66, then developed MRSA, an …

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has scheduled its football media day for July 16, it was announced Wednesday. The 12 SWAC head coaches and two players from each school will attend, starting at 10 a.m. CT at the Sheraton Birmingham in Alabama, to discuss the 2024 season. The preseason all-conference teams will be revealed, as well as the projected order of finish. …

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is expected to return home Thursday after being hospitalized the past week, longtime publicist Betsy Shepherd said. The 66-year-old McMichael went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago. He was admitted into intensive care at a suburban hospital last Thursday — a week after being voted into …

Clemson entered the offseason as the odds-on favorite to win the ACC next season. At least one analyst forecasts the Tigers to be a high seed in the College Football Playoff in his way-too-early rankings for the 2024 season. CBS Sports’ Chip Patterson predicts that Clemson will be the No. 3 overall seed in the new 12-team Playoff. In the new …

The Bears say Matt Eberflus’ coaching staff for the 2024 season is set. After announcing the addition of assistant running backs coach Jennifer King, the team added five more names to the staff and said the moves finalized Eberflus’ staff. Several of the announcements were confirmations of previously reported moves. Former Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown is joining the team …

Recruiter, developer and motivator — Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee is perhaps the most well-rounded assistant coach on the Bulldogs’ staff. His consistency at UGA has garnered head-coaching interest from other programs in the past, most recently Georgia State. McGee and former Georgia assistant and current Georgia Tech offensive coordinator, Buster Faulkner, are considered “strong candidates” for the in-state …

Justin Fields drops a quote for the ages in hilarious viral clip originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Justin Fields caused quite the stir on social media this week when fans noticed he unfollowed the official Chicago Bears’ Instagram account. As rumors swirl about what the Bears plan to do with the No. 1 overall pick, Fields decided to come …

Nick Saban’s retirement won’t be the only change to the Alabama football program in 2024. The Crimson Tide will have a new play-by-by radio voice with longtime voice Eli Gold on the outs with the Crimson Tide Sports Network after 35 years of calling Alabama football games. Like Saban, Gold is synonymous with Alabama football as he had been part …

Chiefs edge rusher Charles Omenihu is on the mend. Per James Palmer of NFL Media, Omenihu underwent successful surgery to repair his torn ACL on Tuesday. Omenihu, 26, suffered the injury during Kansas City’s AFC Championship Game victory over Baltimore. He is under contract with the Chiefs through 2024. After serving a six-game suspension to start the season, Omenihu was …